Poverty and the Passion
Director Niall Cooper shares an Easter message from all of us at Church Action on Poverty.
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Celebrate what food banks do – but demand action from government on hunger
The Right Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester, wrote this blog for End Hunger UK.
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No Advent cheer for modern-day Cratchits
Our Director Niall Cooper sees little Christmas cheer in two recent pieces of poverty news.
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A Poor Church that is good news to the poor?
Lynne Cullen, a working-class single mother and Anglican priest, attended our National Poverty Consultation in Manchester on 2-3 November. Here are her reflections on the event.
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‘For’ the poor or ‘of’ the poor?
A Church for the Poor, a new book from Jubilee Plus, explores the same questions as Church Action on Poverty’s ‘Church of the Poor?’ project. In this guest post, Greg Smith, Development Worker for Together Lancashire, reviews the book.
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How can we listen better?
Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield share a report on their service for Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017 – with a powerful sermon by the Director of the Urban Theological Union.
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No match for proper conversation
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ox-pops can’t ensure the voices of people in poverty are really heard, says our new Poverty Media Coordinator Gavin Aitchison.
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‘Poverty may be complex, but it is not inevitable’ (part 2)
Nick Waterfield, chair of the local Church Action on Poverty group in Sheffield, offers further thoughts on the ‘complex’ reasons why people use food banks.
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Poverty may be complex, but it isn’t inevitable
In this guest post, food poverty researcher Jane Perry responds to Theresa May’s comments about the reasons for food bank use.
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Hope where Christ is found
David Primrose, Director of Transforming Communities in the Diocese of Lichfield and a trustee of Church Action on Poverty, reviews the first two volumes of an exciting new series edited by Paul Cloke and Mike Pears: Mission in Marginal Places.
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